W edding P lanners & C onsultants
Wedding Planners & Consultants
A wedding planner handles all of the logistics of your big day. While they
are another vendor you hire for your wedding, they can be invaluable
and will save you time, money, stress, and sometimes even your personal
relationships! They will perform as a professional always, an impartial
opinion when needed, a banker to keep you inside your budget, and
a confidant as required. They will work with everyone involved to
best assist in making you dream wedding a reality.
Full Service
There are a couple different ways to hire wedding planners. If
you are overwhelmed by the entire wedding planning process
and want your day to go off without a hitch, hire a full-service
planner. They will be with you from the very beginning to end of
your wedding planning experience, as well as be there to support
om
you and make sure everything goes smoothly on the big day.
Day of Coordination
If you are comfortable with the planning process and have a good grasp
on which vendors to hire and how to stay in your budget, but want someone
there on your actual wedding day, you can hire a coordinator with a Day-Of contract. You
will generally meet with them about a month before your wedding and discuss with them
all of the details you have mapped out. With this knowledge, they will be at your ceremony
and reception to make sure that everything goes according to plan, and be there to fix it if it
doesn't! This way, you will completely be able to relax and enjoy your wedding.
Partial Planning
You may find that full service is more than you need, but day of coordination is not enough.
In this case many planners offer partial planning services to meet your needs.
Wedding Design
A wedding designer is different then a planner, although many times one professional is able to
do both for you. A designer will be in charge of the aesthetics of the day, and will be able to take
the vision you have for your wedding and turn it into a reality. From decor to flowers to lighting and
more, they will be in charge of transforming the venue you chose and create a very unique space
just for you.
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